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Personal control of personal information

  • US 9,338,152 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2012
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling access to personal information about an individual, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a third-party device through a computer network, a request for the personal information about the individual that includes a digital fingerprint of the third-party device;

    sending a notification of the request for the personal information of the individual to the individual;

    receiving authorization data that indicates whether the individual intends to grant the request for the personal information of the individual and a digital fingerprint of an authorizing device from which the authorization data is sent;

    determining, based on the digital fingerprint, a total number of individuals for whom authorization data was sent from the authorizing device;

    comparing the total number of individuals to a predetermined limit; and

    upon a condition in which both (i) the authorization data indicates that the individual intends to grant the request for the personal information of the individual;

    (ii) the digital fingerprint of the authorization data matches a digital fingerprint of at least one predetermined authorized device; and

    (iii) the total number of individuals is no more than the predetermined limit, sending the personal information to the third-party device;

    wherein sending the personal information to the third-party device comprises;

    determining whether a copy of the personal information is cached in a local non-transitory computer readable medium; and

    upon a condition in which no copy of the personal information is cached in the local non-transitory computer readable medium;

    retrieving the personal information from a remotely located computer system; and

    caching a copy of the personal information in the local non-transitory computer readable medium.

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